Roles of long chain polyol compounds in symbiotic functions of microalgae

虽然据报道长链多元醇化合物显示出多种生物活性，但它们的生物学功能和在共生体中的作用尚未得到彻底研究。本项目旨在从共生微藻中获得新型长链多元醇化合物，并了解其在共生关系中的结构和功能。结果，我们成功地发现了几种新的长链多元醇化合物，如共生螺，并鉴定了它们的独特特性。我们制备了抗共生螺旋体A的多克隆抗体，并试图通过显微镜分析来检测其在生产生物体中的定位。

While long chain polyol compounds have been reported to show various biological activities, their biological functions and roles in symbioses have not been thoroughly investigated. In this project, we aimed to obtain novel long chain polyol compounds from symbiotic microalgae and to understand their structures and functions in symbiotic relationships. As a result, we succeeded to find several novel long chain polyol compounds, such as symbiospirols, and their unique characteristics were identified. We prepared polyclonal anti-bodies against symbiospirol A and tried to detect its localization in the producer organisms by microscopic analyses.